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Personal Pronouns

Personal Pronouns. Personal Pronouns. Words that take the place of a noun (person, place, thing, idea) Different forms according to how they are used in a sentence Their function/use determines which form or case will be used in a sentence

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Personal Pronouns

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  1. Personal Pronouns

  2. Personal Pronouns • Words that take the place of a noun (person, place, thing, idea) • Different forms according to how they are used in a sentence • Their function/use determines which form or case will be used in a sentence • Three cases of personal pronouns: nominative, objective, possessive

  3. NOMINATIVE Singular • 1st person: I • 2nd person: You • 3rd person: He, She, It Plural • 1st person: We • 2nd person: You • 3rd person: They

  4. OBJECTIVE Singular • 1st person: Me • 2nd person: You • 3rd person: Him, Her, It Plural • 1st person: Us • 2nd person: You • 3rd person: Them

  5. POSSESSIVE Singular • 1st person: My, Mine • 2nd person: Your, Yours • 3rd person: His, Hers, Its Plural • 1st person: Our, Ours • 2nd person: Your, Yours • 3rd person: Theirs

  6. NOMINATIVE • Needed when the personal pronoun is used as (1) the SUBJECT of a verb or as a (2) PREDICATE NOMINATIVE • Ex: I like cheesecake. (I is the subject of the verb like.) • The captains of the chess team are he and I. (He and I are the predicate nominatives, renaming captain.) • Predicate nominative: word/group of words that is in the predicate (tells something about the subject) and that identifies the subject or refers to it.

  7. Side Note* • Predicate nominative: word/group of words that is in the predicate (tells something about the subject) and that identifies the subject or refers to it. Ex: The winners should have been they. (They refers to the subject winners.) Sounds weird, right?! What a fine speaker you are! (Speaker identifies the subject you.) Notice: Typically, predicate nominative follows a linking verb.

  8. OBJECTIVE • Used when the personal pronoun is (1) the DIRECT OBJECT of a verb, (2) and INDIRECT OBJECT of a verb, or (3) the OBJECT of a PREPOSITION • Ex 1: The little boy hit her with a rock. (Her is the direct object of the verb hit.) • Ex. 2:John gave her candy for Valentine’s Day. (Her is the indirect object of the verb gave; candy is the direct object.) • Ex. 3: John gave the candy to her. (Her is the object of the preposition to.)

  9. DOs and IOs • Direct objects: nouns, pronouns, or word groups that tell WHO(M) or WHAT receives the action of a transitive verb (verb that has an object or receives action) Ex: I took my sister to see a movie. (I took WHOM? Sister.) • Indirect objects: noun, pronoun, or word group that often appears in sentences containing direct objects; often tells TO WHOM or FOR WHOM or TO WHAT or FOR WHAT Ex: Margie read us her report. (Margie read what (DO)? Report. To whom (IO)? Us.) Phillip left you this message. (Phillip left it for whom (IO)? You.)

  10. OPs • Object of the preposition: Noun or pronoun (not a verb!) that follows a preposition Ex: A koala is a marsupial with an external abdominal pouch. (Pouch is the object of the preposition with.)

  11. POSSESSIVE • Show possession/ownership; never use an apostrophe!! Can function in the same way that nominative and objective pronouns are used, or used to modify nouns/pronouns. Ex: This is your key. (Your modifies key.) The car is hers. (Hers is the predicate nominative.)

  12. Is this sentence correct? • These are they.

  13. IT IS!! • They is the predicate nominative of these Now, get to work, son!

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